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4X - From 1 to 26 December the special station 4Z40SZ will be active from
Nazareth.
6Y - Masill, JE3MAS (ex 5H1HK) is now active as 6Y6A (not 6Y5XX as repor-
ted in 425DXN 286).
6Y - From 3 to 12 December Alan, G3XAQ/6Y5 will be active CW only from 10
to 160 metres. QSL via home call.
9G - Marcia, 9G1TM is again active (for two years) from Ghana. Marcia is
active in SSB only, mainly from 10 to 20 metres, WARC bands included
QSL via G4XTA.
C5 - From 2 to 15 December Babs, DL7AFS will be QRV (SSB only) from
C53CS's QTH.
C6 - From 3 to 19 December N6RA will be active as C6AHF from Harbour Isl.
(NA-001). He will participate in the ARRL 10 and 160 metres Contests
QSL via home call.
C6 - Walt, G3NYY/C6A (QSL via home call) and Tim, G4VXE/C6A (QSL via
G3SWH) will be active, mainly on CW, from New Providence Island
(NA-001) from 30 November to 9 December. They will participate in
the ARRL 10 Meter Contest and some RTYY activity is also possible.
CU - From 30 December to 12 January Matt, DL3KUD will be CU8/ from Flores
island (EU-089) and from 13 to 19 January he will be CU2/ from
Sao Miguel island (EU-003). Operations will take place from 10 to
160 metres only CW. QSL only via bureau.
E3 - Jin, JF1IST has been granted permission to operate from Eritrea,
where he is working. For one week as from 9 December, Jim will try
to be particularly active on 160 (1.824, 1.825 or1.830.5 MHz, QSX
1.909-1.911 MHz), 80 (3.790-3.796 MHz, QSX 3.800-3.805), 40 (7.040-
7.050 and 7.005 MHz), 20 (14.185 and 14.030 MHz) and 21 (21.295 and
21.030 MHz) metres. QSL via JH1AJT.
EA - During the week end EA5RKX will be active from Cullera (FEA E-0198).
QSL via EA5OL.
F - From 10 to 12 January the station TM6BZ will be active (SSB only)
from Batz island(EU-105). QSL via F5SKJ.
F - During the week end the station TP10CE will be active from the
Council of Europe, Strasbourg. QSL via F6FQK.
FO - Eric, F5CCO has cancelled his tripo in FO [425DXN 289].
FR - From 5 to 15 December Jacques, F6HMJ will be active from Reunion
island (AF-016).
FS - From 4 to 11 December some North Jersey DX Association members will
be active on all bands (CW, SSB and RTTY) from St. Martin using the
call FS/W2QM. QSL via W2QM.
FT_W - In January FT5WE and FT5WF will go QRT from Crozet. They will not be
replaced by any other amateur during 1997.
FT_X - On 10 December FT5XL will go QRT from Kerguelen and he will not be
replaced by any other amateur during 1997.
FT_Z - Eric, F5ICB/FT5ZG is already on Amsterdam [425DXN 289], but he will
not be active before February. He has no mike but just a CW keyer.
His QSL manager (F5RQQ) has moved, therefore the address in 425DXN
289 is no more valid.
HB0 - From 14 to 15 December HB9LEY (ex JA1LZR) will be active from Liech-
tenstein as HB0/HB9LEY. Operations will take place on 80, 40, 30,20,
17 and 15 metres CW/SSB giving particular attention to Japan. QSL
via JH1BSE.
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HK0 - Pedro, HK3JJH reported to John, WD8MGQ that his planned trip to Ser-
rana Bank & Roncador Cays (NA-133) and Serranilla Bank Cays (NA-132)
[425DXN 290] has been postponed until the same date next month (from
22 to 24 December). If that does not work out, the same dates in Ja-
nuary. All of the operations are scheduled to last from 6 to 8 hrs
only.
HP - Gerard, F2JD left for Panama [425DXN 287], where he will stay for at
leats six months. He will be active as soon as possible.
J2 - As from early December Dominique, F5RYC will be again active as
J28YC.
J3 - From 31 December to 7 January Joe, WB8GEX will be active from Gre-
nada (NA-024) as J3K. QSL via home call.
JA - From 28 to 30 December Yuki, JI6JVR will be active (15-40 metres SSB
and CW) from Amakusa islands (AS-012). QSL via EA5KB.
JD1_oga- Eiji, JQ1SUO/JD1 will be joined by JA8FCG/JD1 during the operations
from Ogasawara planned from 16 December to 3 January [425DXN 279].
JD1_oga- From 23 to 25 December JA4GXS/JD1, JF4LNO/JD1 (YL) and JN4AWW/JD1
will be active (from 10 to 160 metres, SSB and CW) from Chichi isl.,
Ogasawara (AS-031). QSL via JA4GXS.
JT - The next month Mike, NI7T will be active from Mongolia (from 10 to
160 metres, between 00.00 and 12 UTC) as JT1FBT. QSL via home call.
KH6 - Mike, W7DRA/KH6 will be active (1.804, 1.808 or 1.843 MHz) during
the ARRL 160 meter Contest.
LU - If weather does not permit landing on Timoteo Dominguez island
(SA-057) [425DXN 289], Claudio, LU7DW will try to be active from
Martin Garcia island (SA-055).
P4 - Between late January and early February Andy, P4/K2LE will be active
from Aruba (SA-036). QSL via home call.
PJ9 - From 8 January to the end of March John, W1BIH will be again active
from Curacao (SA-009) as PJ9JT. QSL via W1AX.
T32 - From 14 to 21 January Andy, VE7AHA will spend his vacations on
Christmas Island, East Kiribati (OC-024), from where he will be ac-
tive as T32HA. QSL via home call.
V3 - From 11 to 16 December Mike (W5ZPA/V31MP), Stan (W5JYK/V31YK) and
Wondy (K5KR/V31??) will be active (CW, SSB, and RTTY) from Amber-
gris Cay (NA-073). QSL direct to their respective home calls.
VE - From 1 to 31 December the Marconi Wireless Society will be active
(from 10 to 160 metres, SSB and CW) as VA1S to celebrate the 94th
anniversary of the first radio transmission by Marconi. QSL via
VE1AL.
VE_ant - On 30 November, 1, 7 and 8 December VE7CGG, who is active from the
multinational antarctic base Patriot Hills (WABA MN-01), will be QRV
for Europe from 17 to 19 UTC on 20 metres SSB.
VK9_lh - From 26 to 29 December JE5FLM/VK9FL and JR5XPG/VK9PG will be active
from Lord Howe (OC-004) on HF and via satellite. QSL via their re-
spective home calls.
VQ9 - Pres, N6SS is again active (for four months) as VQ9SS from Diego
Garcia (AF-006). Pres is active also on 160 meters. QSL via N6SS.
YB - From 1 to 7 December some YB operators will be active on all bands
in SSB and CW from Kangean islands (OC-???) using the special call
8B3KI (or YE3K). QSL via YB3SPS. The DXpedition, which is organized
by YB0RX, might have a copuple of days delay due to bad weather, but
at all events it will last a week.
YB - YB0RX is organizing a DXpedition (scheduled in the first half of
January) to the Tukangbesi islands (OC-???).
Z3 - From 2 December Jari, OH3MIG will be active on all bands possibly as
Z38/OH3MIG. Jari will be staying in Macedonia at least until next
Summer. QSL via OH3GZ.
ZD7 - Johnny, ZD7WRG will be active from St. Helena on 40 and 80 metres
SSB for many months. QSL via WA2JUN.
ZD9 - In January Johnny, ZD7WRG should be active for one day from Gough
Island (AF-030).
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C21BH ---> C21BH's "Birthday Party" activity [425DXN 289] logged some 12,000
QSOs. C21BH also participated in the CQ WW CW Contest with two stations and
totalled some 5,000 QSOs. Part of the C21 operation was conducted at the QTH
of C21RK. The station is now fully furnished for the current season with
both high and low-band antennas. Also C21NJ has a new 20M monobander and can
be reached with good signals. A special event full-color C21BH QSL will be
released in January. QSL via OH2BH (Martti J. Laine, Nuottaniementie 3D20,
02230 Espoo, Finland).
CANAD-X ---> John Scott (VA3PI/VE1JS) reports that the Canadian DX Associa-
tion (CanaD-X) is now defunct. The Post Office Box (Box 717 Station Q, Toron-
to) will be closed as of February 28, 1997. The CanaD-X awards, with the ex-
ception of the CanaD-X 100 Award which is now defunct, have all been taken
over by Radio Amateurs of/du Canada (RAC). Applications for these awards
(Provincial Capitals, Seaway and Trans-Canada) may now be sent to VE6VK: Russ
Wilson, RAC Awards Manager, 1235 Richland Road NE, Calgary, AB, Canada T2E
5M5. Copies of the criteria for these awards are available from the above ad-
dress. The Canadian Contest Championship will also continue in its present
form administered by the undersigned, but also sponsored by RAC.
EU-167 ---> On November 17 CT1EEB/p, CT1CJJ/p and CT1/WT2O/p were active from
Pessegueiro Island (EU-167). QSL via their respective home calls. Pessegueiro
is a most wanted island for the IOTA programme (according to the latest Most
Wanted list it was needed by more than the 83% of the current IOTA members),
but unfortunately the operators could not notify anyone in advance of the o-
peration due to the fact they were not sure if they could get transportation
to the island or not. Between 11.03 UTC and 15.02 UTC 513 QSOs were made with
six continents. The island is a wildlife refuge and in the winter permissions
to stay overnight are impossible to obtain. The operators had to cut short
their activity due to the weather changing for the worse.
HEARD ISLAND ---> Ghis, ON5NT has joined the VK0IR team. Bob, KK6EK expects
the team to be put ashore on Heard Island around 12 January and come on the
air a day or so later. Baring catastrophe, they should be QRV for a little
more than two weeks. Contributions are still most welcome at Bob Allphin
(K4UEE: 4235 Blackland Dr., Marietta, GA 30067, USA) or the Northern Califor-
nia DX Foundation (P.O. Box 2368, Stanford, CA 94309, USA).
ISLAND/DX NEWS ---> After three years of publishing the Island News the for-
mat has changed to include DX NEWS. For a free copy of the Island/DX news
send an e-mail to vlepierre@delphi.com The newsletter is published every two
weeks and is four pages but will soon be going to six pages. A free sample
can also be obtained by mail send a SASE #10 envelope to Island/DX News P.O.
Box 707, Amelia Island, FL 32035-0701.
MARSHAL ZSHUKOV-100 YEARS AWARD ---> Established to celebrate the 100th anni-
niversary of Marshal Zshukov's birth, the award is from 2 December 1996 up to
2 December 1997. It is necessary to score 100 points working stations UA3X-,
RA3X-, RK3X-, RP3X-, RU3X-, RV3X-, RW3X-, RX3X- or RZ3X-. The award is
available also to SWLs. Each QSO/HRD counts 10 points for European stations
and 25 points for Extraeuropeans. The requests (including a GCR and 8 IRCs)
should be sent to UA3XAN (Vlad Mogilyov, P.O.Box 703, Kaluga, Russia).
QSL A61AT ---> Mary Ann, WA3HUP is not the QSL manager for the A61AT station
active on 80 metres CW.
QSL J52IM ---> The QSL manager for Dave, J52IM (home call KC9IM) is KB9XN
(Howard Barbrey, 306 Greenfield Circle, Geneva, IL 60134, USA). Dave has been
advised that someone has checked into one of the DX Nets on at least two da-
tes (12 and 15 November) using my call with a QSL manager of N5YWT. This sta-
tion must be considered as a pirate.
QSL JD1/7J1AYK ---> Gary, W5FI (ex W5VSZ) reports that the full-colour pictu-
re QSL cards for his Ogasawara activity as JD1/7J1AYK [425DXN 276] have been
ordered, but he does not have them yet. Gary hopes to begin processing cards
out around Christmas or at the turn of the year. He has received over 1000
envelopes so far, with about 1300 QSOs worth of contacts on them to confirm -
please be patient and do not send any second request.
QSL RF0Z ---> RA3DEJ (QSL manager RF0Z, AS-095) reported to UR5LCV that QSLs
are being printed.
QSL VK1DX ---> The current QSL route for VK1DX [425DXN 290] is via VK1PJ
(Philip Rayner, 33 Willoughby Crescent, Gilmore, ACT 2905, Australia).
QSL VP8CSA ---> The QSL manager (DL1SDN) is currently very busy, but requests
will be replied. QSLs can be sent also to this address: Dieter Stumpp, Post-
fach 1941, D-72609 Neurtingen, Germany.
QSL VIA DL7FT ---> The only valid addess of DL7FT is: Frank Turek, Postfach
1421, D-14004 Berlin, Germany.
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TF50IRA ---> This call has been used for the fisrt time during the recent CQ
WW CW Contest. It is the special call of the club station TF3IRA and celebra-
tes the 50th anniversary of IRA (Icelandic Radio Amateurs). QSL via TF3IRA
(Box 1058, Reykjavik, Iceland) also via bureau.
W9 BUREAU ADDRESS ---> Jerry, K9BG (9th Call Area Bureau Manager) informs
that effective immediately, the new address for the 9th Call Area QSL Bureau
in the United States is: NIDXA, PO Box 1450, Woodstock, IL 60098. Mail sent
to the OLD address (NIDXA, PO Box 519, Elmhurst, IL 60126) will be forwarded
for one year.
XZ1N ---> The demand for SSB was so high that the XZ1N team made the decision
to alter their CQWW CW contest plan. In place of a multi-multi entry, they
opted for single band entries in 160 through 15 metres. The remainder of the
group concentrated on SSB.
The XZ1N team returned on 27 November. 23187 QSOs (12612 CW, 9936 SSB, 639
RTTY) were made on the nine HF bands as follows (CW/SSB/RTTY): 1222 QSOs on
160 metres CW, 2943 QSOs on 80 metres (2377/559/7), 4288 QSOs on 40 metres
(3876/401/11), 2113 QSOs on 30 metres, 5391 QSOs on 20 metres
(1661/3426/304), 1142 QSOs on 17 metres (443/699/0), 5745 QSOs on 15 metres
(897/4531/317), 122 QSOs on 12 metres (19/103/0), 221 QSOs on 10 metres
(4/217/0). As promised, operators did their best to concentrate on North
America and made a special effort on the low bands. The majority of contacts
were with European (47%) and Japanese (32%) stations, with North American
(15%) stations being worked only during the brief windows available to the
team.
Bureau cards can be requested in two ways: the usual method routed as "XZ1N
via W1XT" and via the Internet by sending E-mail to xz1n@qrz.com. For a
quicker reply, direct requests with a return envelope and sufficient postage
are encouraged and should go to W1XT (Bob Myers, P.O. Box 17108, Fountain
Hills, AZ 85269, USA).
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QSL received via direct: 8A5ITU (OC-215), 9K2HN/p (AS-118), A61AH/p
(AS-118), F6ELE/p (EU-065), F6EXQ/p (EU-159), F/DJ8QP/P (EU-058), F/IK3GES/p
(EU-064), FO0SUC (OC-050, OC-152), FR5ZQ/T, FT5WE, HI9/I4LCK (NA-122),
HS0/IK4MRH (AS- 053), IA5/IK4RUX (EU-028; IIA LI-026), IJ7/IK7EZP (IIA
LE-022), IJ7/I7PXV (EU-091, IIA LE-002), IJ7/IK7VEH (IIA LE-022), IL3/IK2HTW
(EU-131; IIA VE-021, 022, 040, 041), IL3/IK2PZG (EU-131, IIA VE-003, 019,
028, 040), IL3/IV3VER (EU-130; IIA GO-010), IL3/IV3VER (IIA GO-017, 022),
NL7TB/p (NA-206), LU/IK1EDC (SA-022), LU/IK1EDC, SV8/F2VX (EU-052), NU2L/VE8
(NA-208), VK6ISL (OC-140), VK6ISL (OC-214).
QSL received via WF5E DX QSL service: 3B8CF, 5N3/SP5XAR, ZP5WYV.
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For the news issued in this number, thanks to:
I1HLI, I1HYW, IK1HSR, IK1QFM, IK2WXQ, I5FLN, IK7AFM, IK7XIV, IK8CJP, Brescia
DX Group, Delta Mike, Diamond DX Club, Roman DX Group, CT1EEB, CT1ENQ,
DL7VOA, DL9GOA, EA5KB, EA5OL, F5CCO, F5PYI, F5SKJ, F6AJA, G3NYY, G4BUE,
G4JVG, JA1QGT, JE5FLM, JH4RHF, JI6KVR, K7WX, K9BG, KK6EK, LU7DW, N7RK, NL7TB,
NT5C, OH3MIG, PS7AB, PS7KM, TF3DX, UA3XCO, VA3PI/VE1JS, VE7CC, VK1FF/WB2FFY,
VK6LC, W2CE, W5FI, W5ZPA, WD8MGQ, WT2O, YB5NOF/8, ARRL-DX, DX-NL, DXNS, LNDX,
NPDXG, OPDX, PY-DX, QRZ-DX, The 59(9) DX Report, URE-EA-DX, VK2SG RTTY DX.
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PERIOD CALL REF
till 01/12 3C5Z: Bioko Isl. (AF-010) * by N6ZZ 290
till December 7P8/G4FUI 275
till January FT5WE & FT5WF: Crozet 291
till 10/12 FT5XL: Kerguelen 291
till 01/12 J6 * by USA team 287
till 10/12 UE9SAA * by RW9SG 289
till 15/12 VE8TA: Baffin Isl. (NA-047) * by VE2BQB 279
till December ZD8DEZ * by G0DEZ 259
till July 97 ZS8IR: Marion Is. * by ZS6RI 263
20/11-05/12 3B8/F6HMJ ??? 289
29/11-01/12 TP10CE 291
30/11-09/12 G3NYY/C6A & G4VXE/C6A: New Providence Isl. (NA-001) 291
01/12-26/12 4Z40SZ: Nazareth 291
01/12-31/12 VA1S: Marconi Wireless Society 291
01/12-07/12 YB: Kangean Isl. (OC-???) * YB team 291
02/12-15/12 C5 * by DL7AFS 291
02/12-Summer 97 Z3 * by OH3MIG 291
03/12-12/12 G3XAQ/6Y5 291
03/12-09/12 C6AHF: Harbour Isl. (NA-001) * by N6RA 291
03/12-04/12 FK5M: Matthew Isl. (OC-???) * by FK8GM & FK8CR 291
04/12-11/12 FS/W2QM: St. Martin * by New Jersey DX Association 291
06/12-07/12 TM5TEL * special event station 289
11/12-16/12 V3: Ambergris Cay (NA-073) * by W5ZPA, W5JYK, K5KR 291
14/12-15/12 HB0/HB9LEY 291
16/12-25/12 TM6CLO * special event station 289
16/12-03/01 JQ1SUO/JD1: Ogasawara 279
22/12-03/01 OZ/DL2HEB/p: Romo Isl. (EU-125) 287
23/12-25/12 JD1: Ogasawara * by JA4GXS, JF4LNO, JN4AWW 291
26/12-29/12 VK9FL & VK9PG: Lord Howe * by JE5FLM & JR5XPG 291
28/12-30/12 JI6KVR: Amakusa Is. (AS-012) 291
28/12-05/01 KC6VW: Belau * by JA6VZB 273
30/12-12/01 CU8/DL3KUD: Flores Isl. (EU-089) 291
31/12-07/01 J3K * by WB8GEX 291
December CX/LU7DW: Timoteo Dominguez Isl. (SA-057) ??? 289
December E3 * by JF1IST 291
December VE7CGG: Antartic Base Patriott Hills (WABA MN-01) 291
08/01-March PJ9JT: Curacao * by W1BIH 291
10/01-12/01 TM6BZ: Batz Isl. (EU-105) 291
10/01-12/01 Japan International LF DX Contest ***
13/01-19/01 CU2/DL3KUD: Sao Miguel (EU-003) 291
14/01-21/01 T32HA: Christmas Is. (OC-024) * by VE7AHA 291
15/01-27/01 VK0IR: Heard Island 289
24/01-26/01 CQ WW CW 160 Mt. ***
25/01-26/01 REF CW Contest ***
25/01-26/01 UBA SSB Contest ***
January-February FT_W: Crozet * by VK0IR team 283
January-February FT_X: Kerguelen * by VK0IR team 283
January HK0/IK4RSR: San Andres Is. (NA-033) 289
January-February P4/K2LE 291
January YB: Tukangbesi Isl. (OC-???) * by YB team 291
January ZD9: Gough Isl. (AF-030) * by ZD7WRG 291
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